Why I’m Not Voting for Doug Ford

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 @ 12:09 pm

If there’s one thing that annoys me, it’s blatant lying. Completely excluding the other major Mayoral candidates and also looking past the assorted list of allegations against various members of the Ford family (Rob, Doug and Kathy), I’m going to only refer to objective facts (hard numbers) in this post to illustrate why I won’t be voting for Doug Ford on Election Day.

1. Working Against City Council

Trying really, really hard to give Doug, Rob, and Giorgio some credit, maybe they were just trying to stop the “gravy train”? (maybe?)

Regardless, if he can’t work with or convince City Council as a Councillor, what makes him able to as a hypothetical Mayor? All that I foresee in this worst-case scenario is an even more dysfunctional City Council.

Will Doug suddenly change a 4-year habit of missing 30% of votes if he becomes mayor? And do I want a mayor who is absent from 1 in every 3 votes?

I shouldn’t even have to worry about this, and I’m not going to because I’m not voting for him.

Closing and Some Nice Tidbits

So the above is a mind-dump of some of the reasons behind why I’m not even considering Doug Ford as a Mayoral candidate, and why I’ve continually been annoyed at the latest polls showing Doug Ford in second place.

For helpful links on the upcoming elections, visit a simple micro-site I made: http://dyu.ca/to/

To conclude this blog post/rant, I’m going to leave you with a few quotes by Doug:

“I’ve never seen Rob drink at any event. Ever.
– Doug Ford – March 26, 2013

“You’re going to curb your drinking, especially in public… Stay in your basement, have a few pops.”
– Doug Ford to Rob Ford on ex-weekly radio show – November 3, 2013

“Everyone keeps saying Rob’s a conservative. He’s a huge, massive social liberal. He loves Obama. The headlines of the papers when he won? ‘The White Obama.'”
– Doug Ford to CNN reporter – November 18, 2013

“I’ll tell you one thing, I’ll work day in and day out to knock these councillors off. I’m gonna target their areas, I’m gonna work day in and day out to knock them off. Oh yeah, and I’m gonna bring Ford Nation live all across the city.”
– Doug Ford to CNN reporter – November 18, 2013

“[Rob Ford is] the most honest politician this country has ever seen.”
– Doug Ford – November 18, 2013